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Wednesday, 24 February 2021

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Female fund manager opposes gender quotas for boards of start-ups

Business Line 24 Feb 2021

For fund manager Katie Potts, setting mandatory quotas for women on corporate boards of technology start-ups is a bad idea ... Last week, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, urged companies it invests in with boards where either gender has less than 30 per cent representation to set targets to address the issue.

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Why a female fund manager is opposed to gender quotas

Business Day 24 Feb 2021

London — For fund manager Katie Potts, setting mandatory quotas for women on corporate boards of technology start-ups is a bad idea ... Last week, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, urged companies it invests in with boards where either gender has less than 30% representation to set targets to address the issue.

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London will bounce back: Don't write off big cities yet, UK's Johnson says

Gulf Daily News 23 Feb 2021

Big banks, law firms and investment funds sent all but a skeleton staff home months ago, leaving one of the world's biggest global financial capitals without its bustle ... But he gave no clear date for an end to working from home -- one of the biggest changes to working practices in decades.

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Saudi sovereign fund to double assets in next five years to $1.07 trillion: Crown Prince

Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide 23 Feb 2021

... would make it one of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth funds.

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China Greenlights Third Foreign-Controlled Wealth Management Venture

Caixin Online 23 Feb 2021

In August, the China Banking and Regulatory Commission approved the formation of a second foreign-controlled joint venture between U.S.-based BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest asset manager, Temasek Holdings Ptd. Ltd., Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, and China Construction Bank Corp.

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HODLCommunity: The Futuristic ‘Nest Egg’ with Phenomenal Dynamic Value Increases

Bitcoin Garden 23 Feb 2021

One of these is the Exchange Traded-Fund or ETF ... Instead of risking money on a single asset, an ETF groups assets into one fund and, by doing so, provides a share of an entire subset of the market ... They provide lower fees than mutual funds (roughly ⅓) ... Their biggest pull is diversification, the mantra of the financially-savvy the world over.

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Analysis: Bubbles, bubbles bound for trouble?

Metro USA 23 Feb 2021

Treasuries, Europe’s still deeply negative German Bund yields are set for their biggest monthly jump in three years, and yields in deflation-plagued Japan are at their highest in more than two years ... Ray Dalio co-chief investment officer of the world’s biggest hedge fund, Bridgewater, posted on Monday that around 5% of the top 1,000 U.S.

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Roman Abramovich wants Erling Haaland for Chelsea ‘at all costs’ this summer as part of ...

Caughtoffside 23 Feb 2021

Abramovich is willing to fund a move for Haaland this summer, in an effort to beat the wide array of the world’s biggest clubs that would be able to contend for the striker when his €75m release clause can come into play from the summer of 2022 ... The Athletic name Manchester United, City and Real Madrid as suitors ... More Stories / Latest News ... .

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London will bounce back: Don’t write off big cities yet, UK’s Johnson says

Metro USA 22 Feb 2021

Big banks, law firms and investment funds sent all but a skeleton staff home months ago, leaving one of the world’s biggest global financial capitals without its bustle ... But he gave no clear date for an end to working from home — one of the biggest changes to working practices in decades.

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MBS: Saudi sovereign fund doubling assets in five years to $1.07T

Al Jazeera 22 Feb 2021

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) plans to double its assets to 4 trillion riyals ($1.07 trillion) by 2025, Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Sunday, a move that would make it one of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth funds. The fund would invest 3 trillion riyals ...

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VC firm 500 Startups partners with PIF vehicle to launch an accelerator in Riyadh

The National 22 Feb 2021

Selected start-ups will also receive a $100,000 investment from the Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator Fund ... Start-ups in Saudi Arabia, the Arab world’s biggest economy, received funding of more than $152 million in 2020 from investors, up 55 per cent compared to the prior year period despite a pandemic-driven economic downturn, Magnitt found.

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Work from home: Offices to remain deserted for months in Britain

Metro USA 22 Feb 2021

Big banks, law firms and investment funds sent all but a skeleton staff home months ago, leaving one of the world’s biggest global financial capitals without its bustle ... But he gave no clear date for an end to working from home – one of the biggest changes to global working practices in decades.

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Jaipur-based 11sixes shines like a star to revive online gaming in India

Hindustan Times 22 Feb 2021

In this new generation of digital world, online gaming is vibrantly enriching with millions of players and crores of rupees ... Aren’t we excited to hear the success tale of a humble startup from two young minds in menacing online gaming world rather than usual Chinese investments or politicians' funds?.